How to enter

3) Leave a comment on this post that states why you want to win this Kelty Redwing backpack and how you’ll use it. Responses will not be judged but your opinion is important to us. Be sure to include your Twitter username in your comment.

Bonus!) Want to double your chances? If you have a travel-related blog, make a post linking to the contest and you’ll have TWO entries to the contest!

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i am backpacking through central/south america later this year. i took a trip to thailand last year and now i am all about long term “vagabonding”. i’ve been reading this blog for travel tips. very helpful!

I would like to win this Kelty backpack because my wife and I are going to the Grand Canyon in July and we are going to hike the trail in the canyon. It will be our first time really doing something like this, and this pack would be perfect for our trip.

I used to spend a lot of time backpacking through southern California. Places like 29 palms and camp pendelton. I haven’t done much backpacking after I was attacked by a land shark (SUV). I just need a good back pack to carry my laptop.… Please Mr. Have-pack I would love to win this Kelty backpack it is by far the best pack for your buck. HOLLA.

Never heard of this brand of backpack but based on you recommendation I would love to try it out. Hopefully I win!!! I Re-Tweeted the message, my Twitter account is: cjpirozzi. Love the site keep up the good posts!

I would like to win this backpack because I need a reliable means to carry my books and records throughout my travels this summer in Southeast Asia, as my previous bag got stolen. Thank you very much. My twitter username is the_hus

In the past year since my layoff, I have been taking the time to learn and develop my 20-year passion and talent for photography. In a photographer’s terms, I have no equipment but that’s not stopping me from pursuing this incredible world. By entering this contest, I am claiming the cliche saying, “Build it and they will come”. Well, if I have the backpack, the equipment will follow!

As many photographers will likely attest to, you always remember your first and your best equipment. I look forward to putting this Kelty backpack on that list!

I am backpacking for 3 1/2 weeks in SE Asia in July. I need this pack and SOON! I’ve been looking at REI, and this is the exact backpack I actually want. My friend going with me has a Kelty from 8 years ago when she went to Europe for a month, and it still looks good after several more trips over the years. I want this pack so much that I signed up for Twitter solely to enter this contest! (It is kinda fun though.)

I would love to win the backpack as I’m traveling for 3.5 weeks in Vietnam this fall including Angkor Wat, Hanoi, Hoh Chi Minh and surrounding with 7 members of my immediate family. The pack would allow me to very attractively and functionally carry all my sh*t!!!

Looks like a decent pack. I’ve been using a Gregory mountaineering style pack for the past ten years. Wouldn’t mind trying out something different. What would I use it for? To carry my stuff while traveling … obviously. @elihansen

I’d love to win this backpack so that I can start traveling with one carry-on bag on some of my shorter, personal trips. I’d really like to explore traveling in this fashion, and I think that this backpack will remove one of the barriers for me.

Life has always kept me on the road, grew up travelling with my parents, took off farther afield as soon as I could, vagabonded around the county and the world, settled into a travel heavy career. Used Kelty equipment in my backpacking days and beyond, always looking for a great pack. Its just one of life’s necessities.

I’ll never forget sitting huddled up on a picnic table under my Kelty Sunshade in a thunderstorm. (no, you really shouldn’t do that!) Finally lost it to a hurricane, you definitely shouldn’t do that!

I am leaving in September to start a year of traveling around the world. First stop – Eastern Europe, then I will make my way through India, Nepal, SE Asia, Australia/New Zealand, and then head to South America for the remaining 5 months. My goal is to combine both sight-seeing and volunteering for various projects, such as WWOOF. I currently have no pack, and am on quite a budget, so this pack would be perfect for my trip. Thanks for the contest!

I have never been backpacking before and I have to say that i’m very excited and lucky to be traveling with my bf this summer. It would just be awesome if I could win this. I even made a twitter so I could enter this contest.

My husband is with a FEMA Search and Rescue Team and has been hiking to stay in shape. We just talked about heading to the Sierras this weekend to hike. He could really use a new backback and I would love to give this to him as a gift. If I don’t win, I may just buy it for him.

I’m entering to win this back pack because it sounds great and I may be doing some traveling this summer with my cousin. Also, the travel articles by Have Pack are AWESOME!!!!
I’ll be crossing my fingers:)

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